http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/james-murdoch-signals-reduced-role-for-his-familys-newspapers-1824062.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/james-murdoch-signals-reduced-role-for-his-familys-newspapers-1824062.html <p>James Murdoch, annointed heir to his father's media conglomerate, News Corporation, signalled that the family love affair with newspapers is coming to an end and the business will shift its focus to television and entertainment in the future. </p> Business News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/ian-burrell-call-for-pcc-chair-to-resign-1821637.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/ian-burrell-call-for-pcc-chair-to-resign-1821637.html ]]> <p> Within a day of making her inaugural speech as chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, Baroness Buscombe is facing a call for her to resign </p> Press Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:42:18 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast-if-you-cant-stand-the-heat-1820826.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast-if-you-cant-stand-the-heat-1820826.html ]]> <p> So much for the sisterhood. The Observer's outgoing political editor, Gaby Hinsliff has been roundly condemned by colleagues after signing off with a 4,000-word piece about how the job ruined her family life. "I was very saddened by this," sniffed Guardian columnist Jackie Ashley on a podcast, "she has basically quit because she can't manage it." "I wasn't totally sympathetic to the thrust of the piece," chimed Obs columnist Catherine Bennett. "Lots of other jobs are infinitely harder to juggle than journalism." As Gaby may now discover. </p> Press Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:22 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/victory-for-ithe-independenti-as-secret-court-opens-its-doors-1819914.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/victory-for-ithe-independenti-as-secret-court-opens-its-doors-1819914.html ]]> <p>A secretive court which handles some of the most difficult and sensitive cases in England and Wales is to open to the media for the first time, after a successful legal challenge by <i>The Independent</i>.</p> Press Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/guardian-publisher-set-to-cut-over-100-jobs-after-strategic-review-1818968.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/guardian-publisher-set-to-cut-over-100-jobs-after-strategic-review-1818968.html <p>The Guardian and The Observer newspapers are set to axe up to 10 per cent of their journalists, as the group looks to combat plummeting revenues brought on by the worst advertising recession in living memory. </p> Business News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/has-cameron-done-a-deal-with-murdoch-1819010.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/has-cameron-done-a-deal-with-murdoch-1819010.html ]]> <p>David Cameron has been accused of making a "contract" with Britain's biggest media company to trade political support before an election for government favours afterwards if the Tories win.</p> UK Politics Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/news/plagiarism-is-no-laughing-matter-for-comedians-1818222.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/news/plagiarism-is-no-laughing-matter-for-comedians-1818222.html ]]> <p>Why did the comedian lose his rag? Because he was sick of people stealing his jokes and posting them on the internet. An up-and-coming British comic has become involved in a spat with a comedy website after realising that the reason some of his gags were falling flat was that many people in his audience had already read them online.</p> News Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/inm-strikes-restructuring-deal-with-bondholders-1818236.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/inm-strikes-restructuring-deal-with-bondholders-1818236.html <p>Independent News & Media, the publisher of <i>The Independent</i> and <i>The Independent on Sunday</i>, last night struck a deal with bondholders that will see creditors swap €123m (£110m) worth of debt for a 46 per cent equity stake in the company.</p> Business News Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/free-podcast-download-the-lost-art-of-reportage-1818070.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/free-podcast-download-the-lost-art-of-reportage-1818070.html ]]> <p> Was there a golden age for international correspondents? Are current affairs now largely brought to us in dumbed down soundbites? Who now sets the framework for coverage of world events? </p> Press Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:56:13 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/peter-andre-accepts-libel-damages-1817950.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/peter-andre-accepts-libel-damages-1817950.html <p> Singer and TV personality Peter Andre accepted "substantial" damages in the High Court today over "offensive" allegations that he was lying in portraying himself as a loving father and husband. </p> Press Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:47:27 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/pcc-clears-murdoch-paper-over-hacking-claim-1817573.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/pcc-clears-murdoch-paper-over-hacking-claim-1817573.html <p> Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has dismissed allegations that journalists at one of media mogul Rupert Murdoch's newspapers regularly hacked into the phones of public figures to secure sensational stories. </p> Press Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:51:15 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/for-the-record-a-question-of-space-at-the-guardian-1817210.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/for-the-record-a-question-of-space-at-the-guardian-1817210.html <p> Carolyn McCall, the chief executive of Guardian Media Group, will be addressing all staff on Wednesday on future cuts at the company, which is losing £100,000 a day. </p> Press Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:08 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/guardian-loses-pcc-phonehacking-case-1817261.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/guardian-loses-pcc-phonehacking-case-1817261.html <p>The Press Complaints Commission, the watchdog for the newspaper industry, has rejected claims by The Guardian that a widespread and ongoing culture of phone-hacking existed at the News of the World, Britain's biggest-selling Sunday title. After investigation, the PCC reported that it "found no evidence that phone-message hacking is ongoing" at the tabloid, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News International.</p> Press Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/dying-call-of-an-endangered-species-ndash-the-standard-vendor-1816797.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/dying-call-of-an-endangered-species-ndash-the-standard-vendor-1816797.html ]]> <p>His voice is just the same, piercing the air with its plangent sing-song call – "Staaan-D'd". After 30 years it's a familiar cry for the hundreds of commuters who pass through this central London train station every evening. But the patter has changed. Now Phil – not his real name, as he has asked for anonymity – no longer tells readers to buy their<I> </I>Evening Standard here. Instead he's got a new line – "take one, get one free". </p> Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/independent-journalist-wins-stonewall-award-1816698.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/independent-journalist-wins-stonewall-award-1816698.html <p> <i>The Independent</i>'s Johann Hari has been named Journalist of the Year at the Stonewall awards. </p> Press Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/telegraph-wins-petra-ecclestone-libel-case-1816701.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/telegraph-wins-petra-ecclestone-libel-case-1816701.html <p>The High Court in London yesterday threw out a libel action brought by Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone's daughter. </p> Press Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/kate-winslet-wins-payout-over-exercise-libel-1813837.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/kate-winslet-wins-payout-over-exercise-libel-1813837.html ]]> <p> Kate Winslet accepted £25,000 libel damages today over a claim that she publicly lied about her exercise regime. </p> News Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:33:08 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-mails-chief-piechucker-lets-fly-at-those-without-the-x-factor-1813054.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-mails-chief-piechucker-lets-fly-at-those-without-the-x-factor-1813054.html ]]> <p> How would Nicholas John Griffin, member of the European Parliament for North West England, be portrayed by the unforgiving pen of Quentin Letts, the most waspish of Westminster sketch writers and the political journalist of the year? </p> Press Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:31 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-silence-of-the-arts-the-press-science-charities-1813052.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-silence-of-the-arts-the-press-science-charities-1813052.html ]]> <p>We've had demonstrations outside Television Centre while the BNP's Nick Griffin was smuggled into the BBC; we've had mobs descending on the offices of the law firm Carter-Ruck for its "super-injunctions" on behalf of the waste company Trafigura, and we've had a record number of complaints to the Press Complaints Commission over comments in the Daily Mail over the death of pop singer Stephen Gately. Freedom of expression in the British media has rarely been the subject of such fiery debate.</p> Press Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:07 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/for-the-record-02112009-1813051.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/for-the-record-02112009-1813051.html <p> <b>No court for Cole </b> </p> <p> We have been denied our big day in court. The action brought in April 2008 against The Sun and Mirror Group Newspapers by footballer Ashley Cole for invasion of privacy has been quietly settled. </p> Press Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast-curtain-call-for-sun-critic-hagerty-1812638.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast-curtain-call-for-sun-critic-hagerty-1812638.html <p>It's exit stage left for The Sun's theatre critic, Bill Hagerty. The veteran former Mirror hack has been let go in a round of cuts, even though his son, Will, is a senior executive at the paper. It is unclear whether a replacement will be appointed, although given the Sun's interest in TV talent show stars who end up in the West End, it's not such a daft idea. But Hagerty will probably still be seen in theatreland: his wife, Liz Vercoe, is also a critic, so no doubt he can still go – on her arm.</p> Press Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/happy-birthday-to-the-house-mag-of-the-intellectual-elite-1812639.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/happy-birthday-to-the-house-mag-of-the-intellectual-elite-1812639.html <p> If Clive James's assessment of the London Review of Books as "the house magazine of the intellectual elite" is correct, the elite would seem to be getting bigger. </p> Press Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/inm-boosted-by-stabilising-advertising-revenues-1811637.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/inm-boosted-by-stabilising-advertising-revenues-1811637.html <p>Independent News & Media, the publisher of <i>The Independent</i>, has seen revenues improve since July as the advertising market has begun to stabilise. </p> Business News Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/battle-of-london-freesheets-ends-as-lite-looks-to-fold-1810485.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/battle-of-london-freesheets-ends-as-lite-looks-to-fold-1810485.html <p>The free newspaper battle for London's commuters is to end after just three years, as the London Lite's publisher prepares to close the title, leaving the streets clear for The London Evening Standard. </p> Business News Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/council-news-keeps-local-papers-afloat-1810486.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/council-news-keeps-local-papers-afloat-1810486.html <p>A councillor yesterday claimed that local authority newsletters helped to sustain, rather than kill off local newspapers.</p> Business News Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/free-london-lite-newspaper-facing-closure-1810257.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/free-london-lite-newspaper-facing-closure-1810257.html ]]> <p> The free evening paper London Lite is facing closure, it was announced today. </p> Press Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:23:20 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast-the-lure-of-the-ivory-towers-1808843.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast-the-lure-of-the-ivory-towers-1808843.html ]]> <p> Only six months into the job, Emily Mann is stepping down as the New Statesman's deputy editor. </p> Press Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/at-home-with-the-fat-slags-1808844.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/at-home-with-the-fat-slags-1808844.html <p> Standing in the bright chaotic room above a Newcastle café where the entire staff of Viz works, it's hard to believe this was once Britain's third biggest-selling magazine. </p> Press Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100